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Zulu and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
50   
35

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Sawubona   

Thank You
شكرا   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
unjani   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
من فضلك   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
آسف   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
وداعا   
bye   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
arabe   
zoulou   

German Name
Arabisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
19   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
North Arabic   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
25   
21
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
zul   

ISO 639 3
ara   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Zulu Speaking population

Arabic and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Zulu on Arabic vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Zulu Language Codes

Arabic and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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